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Show THE CITIZEN 4 man, and if the statements in that story are true, then there ought to be a general shaking up at the University of Utah, beginning at the head. Dr. George Thomas, president of the University, has appealed to the students to reform. Yes, he appeals to them. A real professor would dictate and would emphatically state what shall and what shall not be done. It appears as if the professor is a figurehead and has not the power to deal with the student body, not even to protect life. It is said that others have had narrow escapes from death and it is about time that the lives of the boys and girls who attend the University of Utah be safeguarded while attending school. There are numerous ways of inflicting innocent and rediculous punishment upon students who fail to conform with student regulations without going to the extent of subjecting them to treatment which may result in losing their lives. When boys and girls dictate what shall be done at our universities, then it is time to intercede with sane rules and regulations. The names of those connected with this hazing should be made public. Virginia Budd, acting president of the University Student Body, does not feel justified in disclosing their identities to the public. The taxpayers of Utah pay large sums for the upkeep of our schools, and the parents send their children to school for an education and not tomfoolery. The Stringfellow family came here in early days and helped build this city. They do or did own considerable property and were heavy taxpayers; most of these taxes have gone into schools. And now the family has placed upon the altar an only son, a handsome youth, who was sent to an untimely death by a hurdy-gurdcrowd of students. Of course, they meant no harm. Neither does the highwayman mean harm to his victim when he lightly taps his victim on the head to rob him, but the blow was a little harder and death results. The highwayman is sorry. He did not mean it. The victim is dead, buried and forgotten, and thus the world rolls on in its path of flaunted justice. y forcement will cure the evil, if evil it is, are laboring sion. r the England tried prohibition in the sixteenth centuryn ,.wl a failure. That country now believes in strict regulatio fir compared to ours is nil. hing We are against the saloon, but we also believe that111? is a failure and conditions will only become worse under system. And while some people are ranting about our briety, our neighbors are kept working overtime in suppl the manufacture of which is prohibited in this country, ,moa is tl his 1 CHILD SUPERVISION. npas The legislature should look into the proposed natuPl. ment on child labor and then cast it into the waste basln1?! big enough to govern its own children without the dictah Czar from Washington. We should not give up much less the rights of the parent and the sanctity of the? 5 need is not so urgent as the powerful child-labo- r lobbv!0 sented. Here are some facts and figures regarding our t W In 1920, of 12,502,582 children between ten and fi 1,060,858 were gainfully employed. Of these, 61 per ce.roa 309, were working at farm pursuits. Of the 413,549 oil1? children, only 49,105 were less than thirteen years old. ( , e? ren less than fifteen years old, only 185,337 were workii . in and silk mills, factories, canneries or other workshops. Forty-on- e states prohibit children working in factorj fourteen, five at or under fifteen and two at or under sis or states prohibit workers under eighteen, nineteen states unourj one and four states any female working under condition so c life, health or limb. Eighteen states permit no person, j01 varying from sixteen to eighteen to work at night. Hours an regulated in most states. Now however, come the would be reformers and asl to create another swarm of inspectors, agents and enforcement officers. Not being satisfied v g add another bureau where thousands of jobs vjgor for those familiar parasites who hive in bureaus or spending in spreading at any price the propaganda for some causgisl cause was one for the upbuilding of the nation these reforredi be hailed with delight, but when they seek to domineer troai the American, then as Americans we must fight for ouAifo as did the signers of the Declaration of Independance. le li believe in child labor, nor do we propose to have some liypbe and tells us how to bring up our children. The averagS oi soli girl and boy needs no federal gaurdian. Ta ban FOOLISH LAWS. our.. , i sub-inspector- LEGAL LIQUOR. fori uj s, tax-eatin- A recent report by the Canadian government giving statistics upon the sale of liquor showed that there was exported to the United States during the past year 304,794 gallons of whisky, which would sell at a low estimate in this country for 818,287,640. The report showed that there were 12,290,106 quarts of beer exported, which would be worth at the very lowest estimate 812,290,106, making in all a total of 830,577,656. How much liquor was illegally exported and brought into this country by bootleggers is unknown, but the amount must easily have gone over the 8100,000,000 mark. Where did this liquor go and who used it? In a recent eastern divorce case it was brought out that many of our lawmakers in Congress have not only brought liquor into the country but keep it for themselves and friends in their homes at Washington. Foreigners must be entertained, and it is safe to say that at least nine out of every ten foreign government officials are In fact if they attend a party not adverse to taking a wee drap. and were not asked to drink they would probably remark about our low bred habits and to strangers. If our law makers place laws upon the statute books, which they themselves disobey, will any sane man believe that the people will do otherwise? Yet in a pretended enforcement the government has a large fleet of rum runners on the Atlantic ocean, which costs the taxpayers millions of dollars to support, and men are stationed all over the country to run down bootleggers, who are drawing other millions ini salaries. So far the control and sale of liquor in this country has been an absolute farce. ' Any one who wants a drink can buy it in any city in the United States. The only difference is that the rich men has to pay more for his liquor, while the poor devils drink wood alcohol and other poisonous concoctions from which thousands have died since prohibition. Those who believe that education, publicity and better law en non-courtes- y )ene Congress the Lower House has passed a bill refund d use of the United States mails for the transportation of can be concealed upon the person. Agitation is also beirc an entirely prohibit the manufacture and use and possession fom firearm. d h We believe in the former law and believe that it wHms crime in some quarters. However, to prohibit the possession of a pistol orb the home would be the greatest blow to our safety andt'S aid for the criminal yet thought of. If such a law efd r( pass and the people fall for such propaganda, they will Vne next morning unprotected, while the criminal will bfie i e arsenal. It does appear strange that people cannot see tint a cure for anything. L ,ei 11 11 Criminals do not enter homes when they know pc.ipl5 home for the reason they are afraid of being shot. TV?' home when no one is there. Occasionally we hear of son' who enters a home and is shot down. If the criminal 6a that there was no gun in the house he would enter at anyl; or night. |